In my forthcoming book, one of the little nagging questions I couldn’t answer was why the DF-31 solid-fueled ICBM (IRBM, harumph) was taking so damn long. I said: “In 1996, NAIC predicted CSS‐X‐10 (DF‐31) deployment ‘about the turn of the century.’ Since the missile remains to be deployed, the program may be under‐funded or experiencing …
Trouble for Ahmadinejad
by | 2007-01-24 | 8 Comments
Is there actually something promising happening in this whole Iran nuclear drama? A number of recent indications suggest that Iranian President Ahmadinejad is in trouble, and his uncompromising stance on the nuclear program is being questioned within Iran. If Ahmadinejad continues to make his own mistakes, will the West have waited out, perhaps unintentionally, Iran’s …
Jordan seeks nuclear energy program
by | 2007-01-23 | 8 Comments
A while ago I blogged about countries in the Middle East who have recently expressed interest in pursuing peaceful nuclear energy programs. That list now also includes Jordan. Why should they go for nuclear energy? As King Abudllah II recently told Haaretz, they are keeping up with the Joneses. But, the rules have changed on …
Reactions to the Chinese ASAT
by | 2007-01-22 | 1 Comment
I wanted to draw your attention to some of the discussion about the Chinese ASAT in the expert blogosphere. Pavel Podvig, Hans Kristensen, Noah Shachtman, the anonymous China Hand, and Cheryl Rofer all have great submissions. I’ve linked to most of those folks before, but I wanted to draw your attention to Robot Economist over …
